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"Curiosity is the Key" iBook

As a boy from Cincinnati, Ohio, John Mendelsohn had no idea that when he grew up he would help change the world. He had no idea that his research about how to treat cancer would prolong or save thousands of lives, or that all those thousands of people who lived on because of his work would impact the present and the future in ways we can never know or measure. John didn’t set out to change the world. All he knew was that he had a lot of interests and he was good at a lot of things.

John Mendelsohn, former president of MD Anderson, is a medical doctor and scientist whose research led to a revolutionary kind of cancer treatment. In a new multimedia iBook, John’s story reminds us that the keys to success are being curious and willing to try something new. Written by author Andrea White with illustrations by Kellye Sanford, “Curiosity is the Key” is an uplifting story about discovering your strengths (and weaknesses) and finding your own passion and path to the future.

To download the iBook to your iPad or Mac (OSX Mavericks):

Make sure the iBooks App is installed on your iPad (free install through the App Store) or on your Mac running OSX Mavericks.

Click on the link above to download. It is a large file (373 MB) and may take 3-5 minutes or more depending on the speed of your Internet connection.

After a few minutes, you should get a dialog box asking if you want to open in iBooks. Answer yes, and the file will automatically download onto the iBooks bookshelf, where it will stay until you choose to delete it.

Useful tipsWhen downloaded, the iBook file will automatically open into a short video, then slide to a visual table of contents.

When you close the file and reopen it, the file will open to the page you were on when you closed it. The file holds your place. You can return to the opening video by touching the left of the two small dots at the bottom of the table of contents.

The iBook file will download to a computer, but it will only play in the iBooks app (on your iOS device or Mac running OSX Mavericks).

Available for free download

Written by Andrea White with illustrations by Kellye Sanford, the iBook "Curiosity is the Key" highlights how John Mendelsohn found his passion and helped change the fight against cancer.